This book, An Expository Compilation of Yoruba Proverbs, which comes in 2 Volumes, is essentially based on Yoruba proverbs compiled, translated and posted for several years now on "I Love Yoruba Proverbs" Facebook page and Twitter account created and administered by the author. The book, which provides over 2,500 Yoruba proverbs treated alphabetically, accompanies each proverb with its English language translation and underlying wisdom or meaning. Volume 1 of the book, presents Yoruba proverbs starting with the Yoruba alphabets of A to I in Chapters 1 to 10, while Volume 2 covers proverbs starting from J to the last Yoruba alphabet of Y in Chapters 11 to 24. Each volume ends with a comprehensive index, which provides a summarised listing of all the proverbs in alphabetical order with each proverb shortened for ease of presentation, and indicating the Volume and the page number of the book, the proverb can be found. The index allows the reader to search and check for the details of any proverb in any of the volumes of the book. With its direct and easy-to-read style, this book should prove invaluable to anyone interested in improving his or her knowledge of Yoruba proverbs and vocabulary, as well as deepening his or her proficiency of Yoruba language, as a whole. Its content should also prove a useful resource for further research work on different aspects of Yoruba proverbs.

"Yoruba Proverbs is the most comprehensive collection to date of more than five thousand Yoruban proverbs that showcase Yoruba oral tradition. Following Oyekan Owomoyela's introduction, which provides a framework and description of Yoruba cultural beliefs, the proverbs are arranged by theme into five sections: the good person; the fortunate person (or the good life); relationships; human nature; rights and responsibilities; and truisms. Each proverb is presented in Yoruba with a literal English translation, followed by a brief commentary explaining the meaning of the proverb within the oral tradition." "This definitive source book on Yoruba proverbs is the first to give such detailed, systematic classification and analysis alongside a careful assessment of the risks and pitfalls of submitting this genre to the canons of literary analysis."--BOOK JACKET.

Yoruba Culture Proverbs is a compilation of common Yoruba Proverbs. Proverbs are wise sayings passed from the old to young. The goals of introducing Yoruba Culture to children through proverbs are to improve their self-image and to assist in buildings their morals.

Yoruba Proverbs Handbook provides over 2,500 Yoruba Proverbs along with their concise English translations in a clear, breezy and easy-to-read style. The proverbs have been listed alphabetically to make it easy to search for and find specific proverbs. The book should prove a handy reference to anyone on the go. Treat it as a companion; take it wherever you go; treat it like a good friend and watch how proficient you become at Yoruba proverbs and Yoruba language as a whole.

Quoting is all around us. But do we really know what it means? How do people actually quote today, and how did our present systems come about? This book brings together a down-to-earth account of contemporary quoting with an examination of the comparative and historical background that lies behind it and the characteristic way that quoting links past and present, the far and the near.Drawing from anthropology, cultural history, folklore, cultural studies, sociolinguistics, literary studies and the ethnography of speaking, Ruth Finnegan 's fascinating study sets our present conventions into crosscultural and historical perspective. She traces the curious history of quotation marks, examines the long tradition of quotation collections with their remarkable recycling across the centuries, and explores the uses of quotation in literary, visual and oral traditions. The book tracks the changing defi nitions and control of quoting over the millennia and in doing so throws new light on ideas such as imitation, allusion, authorship, originality and plagiarism .

Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.

Yoruba proverbs with fiminine lexis is a choice collection of yoruba words of wisdom on a wide spectrum of issues revolving around a woman's life. This compilation is a storehouse of wisdom relevant to women's values and virtues, essential for building wholesome lives within their world.